IS it possible to connect vonage without a router?

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jul 30, 2005 Posts: 1

i have a switch and i would like to keep the switch. could i connect the Vonage adapter to the switch? would it work?

if not the adapter then what about connecting the Vonage router to the switch.

i definatly dont want to use a router since it slows my downloads down BIG TIME

thanks

james

Posts: 497 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 497

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i have a switch and i would like to keep the switch. could i connect the Vonage adapter to the switch? would it work?

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if not the adapter then what about connecting the Vonage router to the switch.

You would need 2 IPs from your ISP

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i definatly dont want to use a router since it slows my downloads down BIG TIME

A router should not have any effect in speed.

Posts: 35 · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject:

How are you connecting to the Internet now? Just taking your post at face value you have an Ethernet switch between your cable modem and your PC. Your PC would then have a public IP address.

If this is the case the switch is unnecessary unless you have other devices connected to it although they cannot access the Internet at all (but could access each other.)

If you wanted the Vonage router to work by just connecting it to another port on your switch then you would need a second public IP address as arcking stated.

If a router slowed you down that much you either have a bad cable, wrong config setting or possibly a port mismatch.